Corset



(No Model.)l

P. K. HIGKOK.

CORSET.

No. 570,398.` Patented Oct. 27, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

FRANKLIN K. I-IICKOK, OF NEV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 570,398, dated October27, 1896. Application filed June 19, 1896. Serial No. 596,103. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN K. I-lIcKoK, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCorsets 5 and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine,and which said drawings constitute part of this specilication, andrepresent, iii- Figure l, a side view of one-halt` of a corset embodyingmy invention; Fig. 2, a section on the line a b of Fig. l; Fig. 3, asection on the line c d of Fig. l; Fig. 4, a plan view of the centralportion of the hip-section and two side strips.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, and particularly tothat class in which the lower portion of the hip-section is shorter thanthe main body of the corset, and which are commonly called cutawaycorsets. ln the more general construction of corsets of this class thelower edge of the hip-section is rounded, the points merging into thefront and back sections of the corset; but difficulty is experienced incutting the fabric to give the desired shape to the corset.

The object of this invention is to produce a corset of the cutaway typehaving the hipsection constructed so that it may be readily cut fromfabric and provide a neat and comfortable corset which will retain itsshape over the hip; and it consists in the construction as hereinafterdescribed,and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the front section, and B the back section, of a corset,which may be of any approved construction, and which do not re quiredescription. Between these sections A and B is the hip-section, whichconsists of a central portion C, shorter than the sections A B andcurved at its lower end, to which is attached an elastic portion D, thetwo portions C D being united by a reinforce which overlaps the adjacentedges of the two parts. The side edges of these combined parts areconnected with the front and back sections A B by strips F G, which formpockets for the side steels I-l. By thus cutting the central portion Cindependent of the side strips I am enabled to obtain the desired shapefor the hip-section, which can thus be cut without difficulty andwithout waste of material, and in single-thickness corsets the fabricmay be out so that the direction of weave of the cloth will be such asto avoid improper stretching. The reinforce strengthens the corset wherethe greatest strain comes and protects the upper edge of the elasticsection.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described corset comprising a front and back section and ahip-section composed of a central portion shorter than the front andback sections, and curved at its lower end, an elastic section securedto the lower edge of said central section and con nected thereto by areinforce overlapping said two sections, said combined hip-sectionconnected to the front and rear sections by double stay-strips,substantially as described..

In testimony whereof I have signed this specication in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

FRANKLIN K. HIGKOK. Titnesses FRED. C. EARLE, LILLIAN D. KELsnY.

